On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:53 pm

On this date in 1971 the Marines took delivery of their first AV-8A Harriers.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:29 pm

On this date in 1944 the McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:06 pm

80 years ago today:
On this date in 1942 the Supermarine Seafire flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:00 am

On this date in 1967 the SR-71 entered service with the US Air Force.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:38 am

On this date in 1983 the McDonnell Douglas FA/18A was introduced.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:01 am

On this day in 1944 the Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:01 am

On this day in 1941 the Avro Lancaster flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:05 am

On this day in 1963 the Yakovlev Yak-36 (NATO reporting name: Freehand) flew the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:44 pm

60 years ago today:
On this date in 1962 the Hawker Siddeley Trident flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:51 am

Today in Aviation History: On January 9, 1943, at the controls of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the Lockheed L-049 Constellation prototype, NX25600, from Lockheed Air Terminal at Burbank, California, to Muroc Army Airfield (today known as Edwards Air Force Base).
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